Charlize Theron ‘Didn’t Feel Safe’ Amid Tom Hardy Feud on ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’: ‘It Was Kind of Out of Hand’
23.02.2022 - 18:49
/ usmagazine.com
Not on the same page. While reflecting on the difficult experience filming 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road, Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy got honest about the tumultuous turn that their working relationship took along the way.
In an excerpt from Kyle Buchanan’s Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road, published by Vanity Fair on Tuesday, February 22, cast and crew addressed a moment that shook up the set.
“It was like two parents in the front of the car. We were either fighting or we were icing each other — I don’t know which one is worse — and they had to deal with it in the back. It was horrible!” Theron, 46, who played Imperator Furiosa, explained in the book. “We should not have done that; we should have been better. I can own up to that.”
According to camera operator Mark Goellnicht, an alleged argument ensued between the two leads when the Atomic Blonde actress confronted Hardy, 44, for showing up to set three hours late.
“She was right. Full rant. She screams it out. It’s so loud, it’s so windy — he might’ve heard some of it, but he charged up to her and went, ‘What did you say to me?’” Goellnicht claimed. “He was quite aggressive. She really felt threatened, and that was the turning point.”
The South Africa native noted that she asked Fury Road producer Denise Di Novi to help prevent any further issues that day, saying, “It got to a place where it was kind of out of hand, and there was a sense that maybe sending a woman producer down could maybe equalize some of it, because I didn’t feel safe.”
Theron explained that director George Miller supported her request after hearing the concerns, adding, “I kind of put my foot down. George then said, ‘Okay, well, if Denise comes…’ He was open to it and